Reply With Quotethat looks great mate, good work
Hey all, just thought I would share some pics of my dads 70's swiftcraft explorer that I restored. It was loads of work but well worth it. I've got many pics of all the stages but here is just a few, hope you guys enjoy.
that looks great mate, good work
Great job there, how big is the explorer. How long did it take and did you, and did you repaint it with 2 pack or re-gel coat it. I did the same thing with my swiftcraft dominator.
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wow looks the goods well done , few fish now and all the hard work is worth it
thanks for the kind words guys, it took about a year to complete. It's 5.6 meters and I believe they were used as coastal rescue boats, I repainted in 2pack and then I freehand masked the graphics, airbrushed before the final coat of clear. The transom was that bad I was able to scrape out all the wood with a paint scraper! Replaced the dash for the new gauges, replaced the rear floor and bilge area. All fibreglass was done with west systems epoxy which I can't recommend enough. A new suzuki 140 four stroke replaced the old blue band merc and I have to say it's fantastic. Cheers all, Geoff.
Great job Geoff, is that your Dad in the pics?
I had a Swiftcraft Falcon with a 100 HP Evinrude; about 14ft 6'' with same bow and fore-deck, very dry, but going into big wet or broken waves it got to be a bit of a scoop. That's when I figured it was time for a bigger boat!
Cheers
Chimo
What could go wrong.......................
Chimo that would have flown.
I also had a falcon with a 55 evenrude and it went just fine. Coming back across the bay one day the back to back seat fell through the floor. A quick look through the 'new' inspection hatch showed I was cruising around on weet bix stringers. Got home, unbolted the engine and towed the old girl to the dump. Bit of a sad day really - My grandad willed me the boat, and we'd had plenty of good times chasing the winter whiting off Dundowran in her through the seventies.
The time (money) you've spent really shows BYB - congrats.
Hi GBC
Yep it did fly, we used it for skiing as well as fishing. Like I said when we started to get greenies up across the fore deck and then up the screen and on to the lap we figured it time for an up grade. Great boat tho and over the years it / I towed most of the inboards back to the ramp at the ski club; and there were at least 20 of them and one eggbeater!
Cheers
Chimo
What could go wrong.......................
BYB - she looks like a brand new boat, fantastic!
Lots of good times ahead - cheers.
hey BYB, the number one question is ............. does the old bloke like it? they can be hard to please sometimes
Yep that's dad in the pics and he is very happy!
Top stuff looks awesome,
can i guess you are in SA?? Not amny quality ramps around with pontoons like that anywhere elses.
Cheers Lee
Fantastic restoration work BackyardBoats. you should be proud of how it's ome up.
gee wiz that is one of the best/ most successful refurbs i've ever seen and yah, your comments above are goldOriginally Posted by BackyardBoats
must have been a few fibraglass itchy nights involved with that lot but well worth the end result - realy well done man, really well done
thanks for sharing
cheers rod
It’s the fish’s fault ….. because they swim in the ocean …..
cheers all, thanks for all the kind comments, I'm in victoria and the boat ramp is at altona.
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